## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 July 2023 30 June 2024 **From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Bebington Dramatic Society
**Other names charity is known by**
> **Registered charity number (if any)** ~~i~~ **Charity's principal address** The Gladstone Theatre, Greendale Road
Wirral Merseyside **Postcode CH62 4XB**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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|David Oliver||||
|Mike Jones||||
|Gareth Jones||||
|Joan Mason||||
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**TAR**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) All trustees are elected at our annual group meeting. Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote the advancement of general education in relation to all aspects of Art and Drama and the development of public appreciation of such art. To this end membership is open to all interested parties and we stage three productions per season Sept - June.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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Bebington Dramatic Society had an excellent season. Lots of new members had taken part as well as some familiar faces. The three plays were Billy Liar, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Importance of Being Earnest. These were excellent productions and well received by very good audiences. We tried a new ticket scheme which seemed to work pretty well and did lots of online advertising. It also helped that we did three well know plays. David thanked Jane, Adam, James, Caroline and Gareth for directing the plays.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
Next season we aim to maintain or increase audience levels. We intend to increase expenditure on marketing and seeing if we can receive a decent level of return from it.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
March **2012**
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Bebington Dramatic Society had an excellent season. Lots of new members had taken part as well as some familiar faces. The three plays were Billy Liar, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Importance of Being Earnest. These were excellent productions and well received by very good audiences. We tried a new ticket scheme which seemed to work pretty well and did lots of online advertising. It also helped that we did three well know plays. David thanked Jane, Adam, James, Caroline and Gareth for directing the plays.
We had a brilliant year that saw a 50% increase in turnover. Subscribers brought in an increase of £800. Ticket sales increased form £15,000 - £19,000. The investment accounts are now held in the savings account and has increased from £700 to £7000.
March **2012**
**TAR**
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**Section E Financial review** At the end of the year, Bebington Dramatic Society had reserves of **Brief statement of the** £57,178. This cash is unrestricted and will be used to allow Bebington **charity’s policy on reserves** Dramatic Society to continue operating. **Details of any funds materially** No funds in deficit. **in deficit** ~~—~~
- **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
**Section F Other optional information**
**Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ~~_~~ **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** David Oliver **Full name(s)** Michael Jones **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer Chair **etc) Date** 11/03/2025
March **2012**
**TAR**
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|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|**Bebington Dramatic Society**
**500403**
**CC16a**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
Period start date
**To**
Period end date
7/1/2023
6/30/2024
**For the period**
**from**
~~es ee ee ee_~~|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Subscriber Sales||**2,261**||**-**||**-**||**2,261**||**1,466**|
|Ticket Sales||**18,974**||**-**||**-**||**18,974**||**13,210**|
|Programme Sales||**417**||**-**||**-**||**417**||**364**|
|CharityNight Sales||**424**||**-**||**-**||**424**||**440**|
|Memberships||**926**||**-**||**-**||**926**||**502**|
|Festival Income||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**25**|
|Bank Interest||**532**||**-**||**-**||**532**||**25**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**(Gross income for AR)||**23,534**||**-**||**-**||**23,534**||**16,032**|
|**Stocks**
**4,889**
**-**
**-**
**4,889**
**3,667**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total 4,889**
**-**
**-**
**4,889**
**3,667**
**Total receipts 28,423**
**-**
**-**
**28,423**
**19,699**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|PlayRoyalties||**1,354**||**-**||**-**||**1,354**||**2,011**|
|ProductionCosts||**18,447**||**-**||**-**||**18,447**||**15,563**|
|Donations||**250**||**-**||**-**||**250**||**-**|
|Website Costs||**163**||**-**||**-**||**163**||**144**|
|BankCharges||**72**||**-**||**-**||**72**||**62**|
|Subscriptions||**459**||**-**||**-**||**459**||**440**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total **||**20,744**||**-**||**-**||**20,744**||**18,220**|
|**Asset Purchases**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Asset Purchases**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**700**
**Sub total -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**700**
**Total payments 20,744**
**-**
**-**
**20,744**
**18,920**
**Net of receipts/(payments) 7,678**
**-**
**-**
**7,678**
**779**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**49,568**
**-**
**-**
**49,568**
**48,790**
**Cash funds this year end 57,246**
**-**
**-**
**57,246**
**49,569**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**57,039**
**-**
**-**
**139**
**-**
**57,178**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Michael Jones
David Oliver
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
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**funds**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||Michael Jones|2/12/2025|
|||David Oliver||
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Sectton A
ndependent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Bebington Dramatic Society
On accounts for the year
ended
30" June 2024
Charlty no
(if any)
500403
Set out on pages
3and4
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ('Ihe Act.).
I report in respect of my examinatson of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of Ihe Act.
I have completed my examinatlon. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention
'n connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examinerfs Statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
prop&r understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the br8ck8ts rf they do not 8ppIy.
Signed:
Dat8:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification{s) or body
(if any):
Address:
IER
October 2018